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Updated 22 January 2012

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We will be holding the AGM in March and we have a few places on committee needing members to step up and assist.  It is a great opportunity to support your club, and have a lot of fun too! 

Wanted: 

A new website editor:  Please step forward if you have any basic web design skills - it's not hard to learn though, and it is fun to see the website well utilised!.... and you may even have ideas for improvements :-)

Social Events organiser and New members

Vice President

Lodge Maintenance 

Now craft 2 photos can be viewed and downloaded from the link below.
(note, there are 3 pages of photos)

http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/29070081/1/SNOWCRAFT%202?h=e5b8b9

Please pass onto any club members that would be interested
 

Cheers Michael Herd

Open Climb 2012

The annual Open Climb is the one time of year when the Club comes together to offer a service to the public.

To ensure a successful event, we need every available member to help on the day.

The TAC doesn’t ask much from  our membership, but we do ask for your help to make this event special each year.

 The Open Climb has been tentatively set for January 28, 2012 pending date approval from DOC.

Jonathan Crane will be asking for your help in the coming months.

Well, that’s another year of snow instruction done and out of the way.  I’d just like to thank all that attended and helped out. We had 33 people doing the courses this season; I always enjoy getting the rope out and shaking off the dust.

 All the best for Christmas.

 Grant Upson

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Kiwis helping Kiwi

– Carry a trap

Through generous donations the Taranaki Kiwi Trust, together with interested individuals are progressing with a new Community trapline to connect the Mangorei Track to the existing Egmont National Park trap network, thus extending the protective area for kiwi and other native species.

26 stoat trap boxes are in need of re-locating from the Mangorei rd road-end to strategic places up the Mangorei track.  This is a great opportunity to get some sneaky training in for your next epic into the wilds!  What better way to enjoy the last rays of sunlight on these balmy evenings, than to lug a trap or two.  

We also welcome keen volunteers to assist with trap checking (clearing, re-setting and re-baiting) of stoat traps on the Mangorei track.  These traps need checking monthly (or even more regularly).  Be in quick to take part in this exciting new roster, spaces are limited…..

 For more details and to be involved please email Kris Grabow info@taranakikiwi.org.nz

RECIPROCAL RIGHTS SMC

 To all TAC members, if you don’t already know, we have access to SMC’s wonderful Ski lodge at their members rates which is $25pp? (adult) If you would like to check it out, go to their website www.skitaranaki.co.nz

Karen and I have stayed here and this is a fantastic lodge. Like a hotel with great alpine views to boot!!

You can book on/through their website or contact Rob at “KIWI OUTDOORS” but remember you will need TAC membership ID to get the good rate!!

 Cheers  Mike Longstaff

Carmela Snooks from house of travel is inviting our members to attend an information evening on 22nd September and will showcase this exciting mountain bike adventure!

Carmela says "Together with my friends at Escape Adventures, a New Zealand based company who are passionate about riding bikes, we have designed this brilliant 16 day mountain biking adventure tour to bring you face to face with Africa in a way you cannot do by travelling in a vehicle or staying in luxury lodges. The set itinerary will see you travel from Nairobi in Kenya through Tanzania to Dar es Salaam on the Indian Ocean coast. Biking far from busy roads and main tourist routes you will experience real rural Africa - local villages and traditional tribesmen, breathtaking scenery and wildlife grazing on the plains.

Cycle touring is becoming a popular must do for traveler’s, as I have experienced only in the south island in which I found a new respect for the sport.

I will be holding an information night at the House of Travel office in New Plymouth on the 22nd of September regarding this tour for June/July 2012 departures. Full itinerary details will be discussed on the evening."

 If any members of the alpine club are interested in attending this evening please contact Carmela

N.B The tour has a max number of 10.

Ph:759 5980
Email: carmelas@hot.co.nz
 

Hi! Tthanks to those who attended the first snow craft course of the season, we had amazing luck with the weather. Due to very popular demand i've had to schedule 2 more snow craft 1 courses, 3rd september and 17th Setptember so show your interest and ring me.  Snow craft 2 will be held 8th October, see you there!

cheers Grant Upson

Steve Orr has donated a rescue sleeping bag/soft carrier to the Search and Rescue Locker at the Lodge!

Snowcraft Instruction weekend pics update!

Thanks to Jens Stein for his photo's - he say's:

"what a fantastic weekend that was! Thank you both very much for making it such a fun event. You did a great job!"

Thanks Grant and John!

Indoor climbing, each Monday night at the YMCA climbing wall.  Come along and meet T.A.C climbing members and keep your hand in with climbing and rope work. 6:00pm to 8:00pm $10 each. If we have enough members climbing regularly we could look at having our own T.A.C members only nights. 
 
Contact Phill Davies for anymore information Ph: 7594657

Check out gear hire page for further items available for hire

Check out the latest news from Department of Conservation.

December

Buy and Sell

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Phillip Andrews

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Do you have anything you would like to buy or sell?  Let the other members know here!

email Karen: welcomeinn@xtra.co.nz

      October   November   December 

Check the latest update on any large lodge bookings before you head up! and find out all the information about e-Keys here

Whilst it is lovely to get something in the mailbox that isn't a bill, some of you of late have opted out of receiving the hitac club magazine to help save the environment (and your filing cabinets)....  This of course also helps in reducing costs for the club (good news all round!)

If you would like to receive only online notifications, and be able to view your hitac in colour please notify our web editor and please note your name and phone details.

Also if you have changed your details lately, i.e email address etc, please can you notify us!

This section of the website gives our members the benefits of having access to up to date information on upcoming events, instruction days only available to our members.

 Share your stories and photo's and be an inspiration to other members

email Karen: welcomeinn@xtra.co.nz